Autopsyfiles.orgis a website dedicated
in providing autopsy reports of famous celebrities and other
infamous persons. The autopsy reports on this website have
already been made available to the public; however, we
strive to provide viewers with the easiest accessibility to
these reports.

New! Review the
autopsy report and
death
certificate of
Lee Harvey Oswald,
who, on November 22, 1963, assassinated John F. Kennedy, the
35th President of the United States of America in Dallas, Texas
as the president rode in his motorcade.

Review the autopsy report of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who was an American clergyman,
activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil
Rights Movement who was assassinated by James Earl Ray as he
stood on the second floor balcony at the Lorraine Hotel in
Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968. In 1957, King co-founded
the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with other civil
rights activists. The group was created to harness the moral
authority and organizing power of black churches to conduct
non-violent protests in the service of civil rights reform. In
1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace
Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial
discrimination. On March 29, 1968, King was in Memphis in
support of black sanitary public works employees who were on
strike. On April 4, 1968, at approximately 6:01 p.m. as King
stood on the second floor balcony, he was shot as a bullet
ripped through his right cheek and jaw and traveled down his
spinal column and into the chest.
He was taken to nearby St. Joseph Hospital and underwent
emergency surgery; however, he succumbed to his injuries and was
pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. The official cause of death is
listed as "gunshot wound with total transection of the lower
cervical and upper thoracic spinal column" with contributing
factors including "laceration of the vertebral artery,
subclavian artery, and jugular vein." Also, review
other crime scene reports and pictures at the
Shelby County, Tennessee Register of Deeds

New!Review the autopsy report
of actor
Robin Williams.
On August 11, 2014, Williams was
found dead at the age of 63 in his Northern California home. The
official cause of death is listed as a suicide due to hanging. Williams was known for
his star performances in movies such as Popeye, Hook, Aladdin, Mrs.
Doubtfire, Dead Poets Society,
Flubber, The Crazy Ones, Good
Morning, Vietnam; Awakenings, and
Night at the Museum. He received an Academy Award
for Best Supporting Actor in Good Will Hunting.
He also starred alongside Pam Dawber in the ABC sitcom,
Mork and Mindy.

New!
Reviewthe
death certificate of singer,
Brian Jones. Brian
Jones was
an English musician and founding member of the rock group, The Rolling Stones. Jones left The Rolling Stones in
1969, and on July 3, 1969, Jones was found lifeless at the
bottom of a swimming pool at Cotchfarm Farm in Hartfield, East
Sussex. according to the official version
of events, there were three guests at his home. They were Janet
Lawson, a 26-year-old nurse who knew the musician through her
boyfriend, Rolling Stones tour manager Tom Keylock; Frank
Thorogood, 43, Jones's builder-cum-minder; and Anna Wohlin,
Jones's girlfriend. The East Sussex Coroner listed the official
cause of Jone's death as :drowning due to immersion in fresh
water; and secondary causes attributed to severe liver
dysfunction due to the ingestion of alcohol and drugs; and
swimming whilst under the influence of alcohol and drugs. Cause
of death listed as "Misadventure" due to the above stated
reasons." There are some conspiracy theories that Jones was
actually murderer, by Frank Thorogood, the builder; however,
this has never been proved.

New!
Reviewthe
death certificate of actor,
James Dean. Dean was a talented young actor who lost
his life after an automobile accident. On September 30, 1955,
Dean was driving his Porsche 550 Spyder to a racing event in
Salinas, California. On his way to the event, he
collided head on with another vehicle at the junction of
California State Highways 41 and 46 one mile northeast of
Cholame, California. He was driving at a high rate of speed
estimated at 85 mile per hour. The official cause of his death
is listed as a broken neck resulting from a motor vehicle
accident. Dean starred in movies such as East of Eden,
Giant,
The Greatest American Hero, and Rebel
Without a Cause.

New!
Reviewthe
death certificate of professional wrestler and actor,
Andre the Giant. Andre Roussimoff, known by his
wrestling name, Andre the Giant, was a professional
wrestling in the AWA and the World Wrestling Foundation (WWE).
Andre was one-time WWF champion. In 1993, he was induced
into the WWF Hall of Fame. He was also an actor starring
in movies such as B.J. and the Bear, Zorro,
The Greatest American Hero, and The Fall Guy.
On January 27, 1993, Andre passed away in his sleep from
congestive heart failure. He passed away in his hotel room
in Paris, France, while attending the funeral of his father.

New!! Review the autopsy report of
actress,
Anissa Jones,
who starred as
Buffy in the 1960 -1970's CBS sitcom Family Affair.
Jones also starred in an Elvis Presley comedy film, The
Trouble with Girls. Jones career was cut short as she
started to take drugs. On August 28, 1976, Jones was dead
in a bedroom of her friends. The coroner's report stated that
she died from a combined drug intoxication consisting of
barbiturates (Seconal), phencyclidine (PCP), cocaine, and
methaqualone (Quaaludes). The coroner had stated at the time
that Jones died of one of the most severe drug overdoses he had
ever seen.
Thank you for one
of our faithfully website viewers, Steve Smith, for providing
Anissa's autopsy report! Thanks, Steve!

New!! Review the autopsy report,
death certificate, and FBI Vault Files of Marilyn Monroe,
who was a
talented American actress and iconic sex symbol of the big
screen. She starred in hit movies such as Bus Stop,
getting a Golden Globe nomination; and winning a Golden Globe
Award for Some Like It Hot. Marilyn was married to
baseball legend Joe DiMaggio before divorcing him. After her
death, Joe had a half-a-dozen red roses delivered to her grave
three times a week for 20 years. On August 5, 1962, Marilyn was
found early in the morning dead in her bed. Her
psychiatrist, Dr. Ralph Greenson called 911 to report Monroe was
found dead at her home.
Her toxicology report
stated that eight milligram per cent of Chloral hydrate and 4.5
milligram percent of Nembutal were found in her system. Dr.
Thomas Noguchi of the Los Angeles County Coroners office
recorded cause of death as "acute barbiturate poisoning,"
resulting from a "probable suicide." There are several
conspiracy theories that Marilyn's death was the result of the
mafia or CIA; or it was rumored that she had affairs with John
and Robert Kennedy. It was supposedly reported that last person
who talked to Marilyn was the 35th President of the United
States, John F. Kennedy.Also, check on our
new
Marilyn Monroe Death Photo Gallery!

New!!
Review the autopsy report of
Ibragim Todashev, was a Chechen
American and friend of the alleged Boston Marathon bomber,
Tamerlan Tsarnaev. On May 22, 2013, Todashev was shot
and killed in his Orlando, Florida apartment after he allegedly
attacked an FBI agent who was conducting an interview
investigating the April 15, 2013 Boston Marathon bombings and
the 2011 Waltham triple homicides. Allegedly,
Todashev lunged at the FBI agent with a weapon or object
knocking the agent down. Todashev was then said to have
continued to lunge at the downed agent who then fire two to
three shots hitting Todashev. Supposedly, Todashev was able to
continue to lunge at the agent who then fired three more shots
killing him. The official cause of death is listed as
multiple gunshot wounds to the head and torso.

New!!
Review the autopsy report of Fast and the Furious actor,
Paul Walker.
On November 30, 2013, Paul Walker, along with his business partner,
Roger Rodas, was killed in an automobile crash after leaving a
charity event. Walker had just left an event Reach Out Worldwide , supporting victims of Typhoon
Haiyan. At approximately, 3:30pm PST, Rodas driving his
red 2005 Porsche Carrera GT lost control and crashed in a light
pole and tree in Valencia, Santa Clarita, California. The car
burst into flames. Both Walker and Rodas died at the
scene. The autopsy report reveals the cause of his death as
"combined effects of traumatic and thermal injuries."
Walker was a tremendous actor who started his career by
initially starring in shows such as Highway to Heaven,
Who's the
Boss?, Touched By an Angel, and Young and the Restless.
As his career bloomed he gained supporting roles in films such
as Pleasantville, Varsity Blues, She's All That, and The Skulls.
In 2001, his career took off getting a leading role as Brian
O'Connor, in Fast and the Furious; and the in the 2003 sequel,
2
Fast 2 Furious. The film series was a hit with Walker just
releasing Fast & Furious 6. Walker was filming
Fast & Furious 7
at the time of his death.
View the Paul Walker Crash Scene Photos
here.

New!!
Review the autopsy report of
Roger Rodas. Rodas was the friend and partner of Paul
Walker. Rodas was the driver in the care crash that killed
him and Paul Walker. Rodas is a race car driver, and
co-owner of Always Evolving along with Walker, as well as
managing director wealth advisor for Merril Lynch Wealth.
He was also a philanthropist helping out with Walker's charity,
Reach Out Worldwide.

New!! Review the autopsy report
of publicist,
Ronni Chasen. Chasen was an American publicist who was
noted for her Academy Award pubic relations work on films
including Driving Miss Daisy and The
Hurt Locker; and other PR work on films including
On Golden Pond, Wall Street, and Wall Street 2. She represented many
actors including Michael Douglas. On November 16, 2010,
Chasen was heading home from the Hollywood premiere for the
movie, Burlesque, when she was shot
while in her car. Chasen was shot through the passenger
side window while stopped at a red light at the intersection of
Sunset Boulevard and Whittier Drive. She sustained multiple
gunshot wounds to the chest and back. She made a left turn and
drove 1/4 mile before colliding with a light pole. She was taken
to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where surgical interventions were
unsuccessful and she was pronounced dead at 0112 AM PST. It was
suspected at the time of her death another vehicle was involved
pulling up along side of Chasen's car. However, a tip lead
police to investigate man by the name of Harold Martin Smith who
was suspected as being involved in Chasen's death. Smith
was being approached about the incident and committed suicide.
Police concluded that Chasen's death was the result of an
attempted robbery gone violent. It is noted that the
bullets from the gun Smith used to commit suicide had similar
ballistic properties from the bullets that killed Chasen.

Review the autopsy report of American
beauty pageant queen,
JonBenet Ramsey. JonBenét was an outstanding young beauty
pageant star who was found murdered
in the basement of her family's home
on December 26, 1996. Her mother,
Patricia Ramsey, noticed that JonBenét was missing and later found a ransom
note demanding that a large sum of
money be delivered in return for her
daughter. After a extensive search,
the Boulder, Colorado Police
Department suggested that JonBenét 's father and family friends return
to the house to look for anything
unusual that may lead to his
daughter's whereabouts. JonBenét's
body was discovered covered in a
blanket in the family's home.
According to the autopsy, JonBenét
was strangulated and suffered severe
cranial trauma. The official cause
of her death was asphyxiation due to
strangulation associated with
cranio-cerebral trauma. There
was no evidence of break-in or
forced entry into the family's
household and there continues to be
questions surrounding JonBenét's
mysterious death. There have been
several hypotheses regarding what
happened in the Ramsey household
that evening including accusations
that Patricia Ramsey killed
JonBenét in a fit of rage because
her daughter wet her bed; and the
possibility that her father, John
Ramsey, was sexually
abusing his daughter. Thus far,
these speculations and accusations
are unfounded as the case is still
unsolved. In December 2003, forensic
investigators extracted enough DNA
from a blood sample obtained from JonBenét's underwear to establish a
DNA profile that narrowed the search
to that of a unknown male. To this
date, the DNA is still unmatched. On
October 25, 2013, court documents sealed in 1999 were released
that revealed a 1999 grand jury had indicted John and Patsy
Ramsey for child abuse resulting in death and being an accessory
to a crime, including murder. The papers allege both parents
intended to prevent or delay the arrest of the alleged killer.
However, the indictments released did not say who killed
JonBenet. . JonBenét
is buried in Saint James Episcopal
Cemetery in Marietta, Georgia.

New!! Review the autopsy report
of Transportation Safety Administration agent,
Gerardo Hernandez. Hernandez was a dedicated TSA agent
who on the morning of November 1, 2013, was shot and killed
while working at his post in Terminal 3 at Los Angeles
International Airport. Hernandez was shot 12 times
by a shooter identified as Paul Ciancia. Ciancia is
accused of targeting TSA workers in a vendetta against the
federal government. In addition to Hernandez, two other
TSA agents and a teacher were shot. Hernandez was the only
fatality. Ciancia was shot by other officers on the scene and
survived.

New!! Review the autopsy report
of Canadian actor,
Cory Monteith. Monteith was best known for his
character Finn Hudson on the television series, Glee.
On July 13, 2013, Monteith was found dead in his Vancouver hotel
room. The autopsy report specifies the cause of his death as
"combined heroin and alcohol toxicity" by means of
"intravenous heroin use in combination with ingestion of
alcohol." Monteith had a long history of drug abuse with occasional stints
in treatment facilities and then again relapsing turning back to
drugs.

New!! Review the autopsy report
of American journalist and author,
Michael Hastings. Hastings was a contributing editor
to Rolling Stone magazine and reporter for
BuzzFeed
website. Hastings was noted for his profile in Rolling Stone
about General
Stanley McChrystal, commander of NATO's International Security
Assistance Force in the Afghanistan war. The article documented
the widespread contempt for civilian officials in the US
government by the general and his staff resulting in
McChrystal's resignation. In the early hours on June 18,
2013, Hastings died in a single-vehicle automobile crash in his
Mercedes C250 Coupé. His autopsy report lists his cause of death
as "traumatic injuries due to massive blunt-force trauma"
consistent with a high-speed impact. His toxicology report was
positive for marijuana and amphetamines.

New!! Review the death
certificate of actor,
Dennis Hopper.
Hopper was a talented actor
who starred in great movie hits such as Easy Rider, Blue Velvet,
Rebel Without a Cause, Apocalypse Now, Hoosiers, Speed, Land of
the Dead, and Space Truckers. On May 29, 2010,
Hopper passed away at his home in Venice, California succumbing
to metastatic prostate cancer. He is buried Jesus
Nazareno Cemetery, Ranchos de Taos in New Mexico.

New! See
the suicide video of former Pennsylvania Treasurer,
R. Budd Dwyer. Dwyer
was the 30th Treasurer of the State of Pennsylvania. On January
22, 1987, Dwyer called
a news conference in the Pennsylvania state capital of
Harrisburg where he took his own life in front of the gathered
reporters with a .357 caliber revolver. Dwyer's suicide was also
broadcast to a wide television audience across the state of
Pennsylvania. In the early 1980s, Pennsylvania discovered
its state workers had overpaid federal taxes due to errors in
state withholding. Many accounting firms competed for a
multimillion-dollar contract to determine compensation to each
employee. In 1986, Dwyer was convicted of receiving a bribe from
a California firm trying to gain the contract. Throughout his
trial and after his conviction, he maintained that he was
innocent of the charge and that he had been framed. Dwyer was
scheduled to be sentenced on those charges on January 23, 1987,
the day after his suicide. You may also watch the non-violent
footage that stops prior to the suicide.

New!
Reviewthe
autopsy report of democrat mayoral candidate of Clarksdale,
Mississippi,
Marco McMillian. On Feb. 27,
Coahoma County sheriff’s deputies found McMillian’s naked,
beaten and partially burned body at the bottom of a steep and
muddy embankment beside a chain metal fence, not far from one of
the area’s Mississippi River levees. Lawrence Reed was charged
with McMillian's murder the next day.

New!
Reviewthe
death certificate of actor,
Patrick Swayze. Swayze was an outstanding actor who
starred in movies such as Dirty
Dancing,
Ghost,
The Outsiders,
Point Break, and
Red Dawn. He also
starred in the North and South
television miniseries broadcast. In addition, Swayze
co-wrote the song "She's Like the
Wind." At the time, the song reached number 3 on
the Billboard Hot 100. In 2008, Swayze was diagnosed with
Stage IV pancreatic cancer. He endured several forms of
treatment; however, succumbed to the disease on September 14,
2009.

New!
Review
the death certificate of
Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Tsarnaev was one of the Chechen
brothers suspected perpetrating the April 15th, 2013 Boston
Marathon Bombings. Tsarnaev was born in the Kalmyk
Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic now known as Kalmykia,
a North Caucasus unit of the Russia Federation. In the
early hours of April 19, 2013, in Watertown, a suburb of Boston,
Tamerlan was apprehended by police after being shot multiple
times. The exact sequence of events remains clouded in
confusion, as do key details. According to police, Tamerlan's
younger brother Dzhokhar ran him over with an SUV and dragged
him with the vehicle for 20 feet. He was taken to Beth Israel
Deaconess Medical Center, where, despite efforts to revive him,
he was pronounced dead from several critical injuries, massive
blood loss, and cardiac and respiratory arrest. Also, read the
criminal complaint filed against his brother, Dzhokhar.

New!
Reviewthe
autopsy report of former Kansas City Chiefs defensive
linebacker,
Jovan Belcher. Belcher was involved in a murder-suicide in
which he shot and killed his girlfriend, Kasandra Perkins, and
then went to the team's training facility at Arrowhead Stadium
and committed suicide in the parking lot in front of former
Kansas City Chiefs general manager, Scott Pioli, and coaches,
Romeo Crennel and Gary Gibbs.

New!
Reviewthe
autopsy report of East Coast rapper and hip-hop artist,
Christopher
George Latore Wallace, also known as The Notorious B.I.G.,
Biggie Smalls, and Frank White. Wallace began rapping as a
teenager and some of his work was presented as a demo tape to
Uptown Records. He signed with the label and eventually left and
joined Bad Boy Records, a record label founded in 1993 by
producer and rapper, Sean "Diddy" Combs. Wallace
produced two albums, Right to Die
and Life After Death. The song "Hypnotize"
was a Grammy-nominated hip-hop song on the Life
After Death album that was fifth song to hit #1
posthumously for a credited artist. In March 1997, Wallace
was in California to promote his second album. On the night of
March 8, 1997, Wallace attended the
11th Annual Soul Train Music Awards
and then proceeded to attend an after party. Approximately
around 12:30 am on March 9, 1997, Wallace left the after party
and proceeded with his entourage back to his hotel.
Wallace and his entourage were in two GMC Suburban vehicles
accompanied by his record label's director of security. As
Wallace's vehicle was at a red light, a black
Chevrolet Impala SS pulled up alongside
Wallace's vehicle and the driver of the Impala, an African
American male dressed in a blue suit and bow tie, rolled down
his window, drew a 9 mm blue-steel pistol and fired at the GMC
Suburban, with four bullets hitting Wallace. Wallace's entourage
rushed him to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where doctors were
unsuccessful in saving him Wallace was pronounced dead at 1:15
AM. According to the autopsy report, Wallace died as a result of
a "gunshot wound to the abdomen-chest." Three of the four
bullets were non-fatal shots.

New!
Reviewthe
autopsy report of actor and former star of Saturday Night Live!,
Phil Hartman.
Hartman was a victim of a murder-suicide when in the early
morning hours on May 28, 1998, his third wife, Brynn, shot him
three times. She later went to a friend house to confess her
crime and then went back to her residence and then committed
suicide with a gunshot to the head.

New!
Review the death certificate of American musician, singer and
songwriter,
Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix, famous for his guitar playing
skills using his classic Stratocaster, Black Beauty,
mesmerized the crowd at Woodstock in 1969 by playing his
rendition of the The Star-Spangled Banner, which he then
morphed into Purple Haze. On September 18, 1970,
Hendrix was found unresponsive by his girlfriend Monica
Dannemann. There is some controversy about what really happened
to Jimi Hendrix as his girlfriend's story conflicts with autopsy
data. Hendrix's girlfriend states that she found him
unresponsive but alive around 11:00 AM. The ambulance was called
at 11:18 AM and arrived at 11:27 AM. Hendrix's girlfriend states
that he was alive when he was placed in the ambulance and she
rode with him to St. Mary Abbots Hospital. Police and
ambulance statements discount her statements as they stated no
one was at the residence upon arrival and that Hendrix was
already deceased. The official cause of death is listed as
"inhalation of vomitus" and "barbiturate intoxication (quinalbarbitone)."
It also stated that there was insufficient evidence of
circumstances to state the manner of death.

New!
Review the death certificate of American composer, singer,
songwriter and activist,
Frank Zappa. Frank Zappa was post humously inducted
into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and received the
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997. On December 4,
1993, at the age of 52, Zappa died from complications from
prostate cancer.

New!
Review the death certificate of
Dick Clark,
who was a talented radio and television personality, who was
known for hosting American Bandstand in addition to the
game show, Pyramid. He also annually hosted the New
Year's Eve celebration, Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin'
Eve,
live from Times Square in New York City. His participation
in the event was minimal in the past few years as the result of
a stroke that left him with speech impairment.
On April 18, 2012, Dick Clark died from a myocardial infarction
(hear attack) following a surgical procedure to fix an enlarged
prostate.

New!
Reviewthe
autopsy report of American ultra-runner,
Micah True . Micah True, also know by his birth name Michael
Randall Hickman, and also known as Caballo Blanco, was the
organizer of the Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon to help the Tarahumara natives preserve their
culture and running heritage. On March 27, 2012, True failed to
return home after his daily run in the Gila Wilderness in the
Gila National Forest in New Mexico. On March 31, 2012,
True was found dead near a stream. His autopsy was
inconclusive and his death was ruled a natural death and was
most likely caused by
"idiopathic cardiomyopathy"
and cardiac arrhythmia brought on by exertion.

New!
Review the autopsy report of
Junior Seau, NFL All-Pro
linebacker who played for the San Diego Chargers, Miami
Dolphins, and New England Patriots. On May 2, 2012, Seau
was found dead after committing suicide. The autopsy report
lists the official cause of death "suicide due to a penetrating
gunshot wound to the chest."

New!
Review the autopsy report of
Rodney King, an African-American construction
worker who became well known after being beaten harshly by
Los Angeles police officers, Timothy Wind
and Laurence Powell, following a high-speed car chase
on March 3, 1991. 4 officers were indicted but were later
acquitted of all charges. This acquittal sparked outrage and led
tot he Los Angeles Riots of 1992, which caused 53 deaths, 2,383
injuries, more than 7,000 fires, damage to 3,100 businesses, and
nearly $1 billion in financial losses. On June 17, 2012, King
was found by his fiancee at the bottom of his swimming pool. He
was taken to hospital; however, was pronouced dead at 6:11 AM
PST. The official autopsy report lists the cause of death
as "accidental drowning" with contributing factors including
alcohol, cocaine, PCP, and marijuana.

New!
Review the autopsy report of
Kathleen Savio, the third wife of former Bollinger Police
Department sergeant, Drew Peterson. He is suspected of killing
his third and fourth wives. On March 1, 2004, Kathleen Savio was
found unresponsive in a waterless bathtub in their home.
He death was initially ruled accidental due to "drowning."
On October 29, 2007, his fourth wife, Stacy Ann Cales Peterson
was reported missing. Drew Peterson stated that Stacy had called
him saying she left him for another man. She remains missing.
After Stacy Peterson's disappearance, on November 16, 2007,
Kathleen Savio's body was exhumed and underwent forensic
examination by former New York City chief medical examiner,
Michael Baden. Baden concluded that Savio died of drowning
following a struggle. After the second autopsy, Will County
State's Attorney stated after examining the evidence that he
believed Savio's death was a "homicide" staged to look like an
accident. On February 21, 2008, Savio's death was
determined to be the result of a homicide. On May 7, 2009, Drew
Peterson was indicted for the killing of Kathleen Savio. He
currently resides in the Will County Adult Detention Center in
Joliet, Illinois.

New!
Review the autopsy report of
Andrew Breitbart, publisher; and commentator for The
Washington Times, who died of heart failure. On March 1, 2012,
Breitbart died at the age of 43 at the UCLA Medical Center after
he collapsed while walking in Brentwood, California. An
autopsy revealed that he had cardiomegaly
and died of heart failure. The toxicology report showed "no
prescription or illicit drugs were detected." Blood
alcohol was .04%. No significant trauma was present and foul
play is not suspected." He had suffered an apparent heart attack
months before his death.

Autopsy Reports

New!
Review the coroner's/autopsy report of American actress,
socialite, fashion model and heiress,
Edie Sedgwick Post. Sedgwick was only of Andy Warhol's
socialite. Sedgwick was known as "The Girl of the Year: in 1965.
On November 15, 1971, after attending a fashion show at the
Santa Barbara Museum, Sedgwick was picked up by her husband
Michael Post after she was confronted by a drunken guest who was
insulting her. Once home, Sedgwick's husband gave her her
prescribed medications of barbiturates and went to bed. In the
morning, Sedgwick was dead. The coroner ruled her death
"undetermined/accident/suicide" due to the result of "probable
acute barbiturate intoxication" due to ethanol intoxication.

New!
Reviewthe
autopsy report of former Major League Baseball pitcher,
Jose Lima . Lima was a right-handed pitcher from the
Dominican Republic who spent 13 seasons playing with various MLB
teams including the Detroit Tigers, Houston Tigers, Kansas City
Royals, Los Angeles Dodgers, and New York Mets. On May 23,
2012, around 6:00 AM, Jose was found by his girlfriend to be
diaphoretic, snoring, and acting strangely. Jose then was
unresponsive. 911 was called and he was taken to Huntington
Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, California where he was
pronounced dead at 6:52 AM PST. The LA County Coroner could not
determine the cause of death after autopsy and toxicology
studies. The heart showed mild hypertrophy; perivascular
and interstitial fibrosis were also present. No abnormalities of
the cardiac conduction system were found on microscopic
examination. They concluded Jose Lima most likely died as
a result of "cardiac arrhythmia."

New!
Reviewthe
autopsy report of the Covina Massacre Santa Slayer,
Bruce Pardo . On December 24, 2008, Pardo went to his
former-in-laws house at 1129 Knollcrest Drive, in Covina
California and knocked on the during as they held a holiday
party. As one of the guest, an 8th year-old girl opened the
door, Pardo began fired a gun. The girl was shot in the face,
but survived. Pardo then fired at the partygoers. He then
pulled out a homemade flamethrower and sprayed racing fuel
gasoline and set the house ablaze. In all, nine people died as a
result of gunfire or fire. Pardo then drove to his
brother's house 30 miles away and committed suicide. Police
speculated that martial problem was the cause of shooting as his
ex-wife filed for divorce one week prior to the shooting.

New!
Reviewthe
autopsy report of former quarterback of the Tennessee Titans and
Baltimore Ravens,
Steve McNair
, and his mistress,
Sahel Kazemi.

New!
Reviewthe
post mortem /autopsy report of actor,
Sherman Hemsley. Hemsley, born in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, was best known for his role as George
Jefferson on the sitcom, The Jeffersons. Hemsley acting
career started in the 1970's when he took a part in the Broadway
musical, Purlie. In 1971, Hemsley was called to
tryout for the part of George Jefferson in the sitcom All in
the Family alongside, Carroll O'Connor. In 1975,
Hemsley alongside Isabel Sanford, were given the lead roles in a
spin-off from All in the Family, The Jeffersons,
which ran for 11 seasons until 1985. In 1986, Hemsley
joined the cast of the sitcom, Amen as Deacon Ernest
Frye. Amen ran for 5 seasons until it ended in 1991. On
July 24, 2012, Sherman Hemsley passed away at his home in El
Paso, Texas. The post mortem report stated he died as a result
of "superior vena cava syndrome due to a malignant lung mass.

New!
Reviewthe
autopsy report and police investigation report of Cochise
County, Arizona,
Sheriff Larry Dever, who was killed in a one vehicle
accident when his pickup truck veered off the road and rolled
over. At autopsy, Sheriff Dever was found to have a blood
alcohol level of 0.291%. The official cause of death is listed
as "multiple injuries due to a pickup truck crash."

New!
Review the official autopsy report of
Trayvon Martin, the 17 year-old male who was shot
and killed by George Zimmerman, while walking through The
Retreat at Twin Lakes gated community in Sanford, Florida on
February 26, 2012. While on a
private errand, Zimmerman saw Martin walking inside the gated
community where Martin was visiting his father and his father's
fiancée. Zimmerman called the Sanford
Police Department to report Martin's behavior as suspicious.
Shortly afterwards, there was an
altercation, which ended with Zimmerman fatally shooting Martin
once in the chest at close range. Once Sanford Police arrived at
the scene, Zimmerman was bleeding from the nose and
mouth; and had two vertical lacerations on the back of his head.
EMTs treated Zimmerman at the scene, after which he was taken to
the Sanford Police Department. Zimmerman was detained and
questioned for approximately two hours, during which time he
taped a video statement, and then he was released without being
charged.Zimmerman alleges he shot Martin
in self-defense; however, on April 11, 2012, he is charged with
second-degree murder. On April 23, 2012, Zimmerman is released
on $ 150,000 bail.

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Review the official autopsy report of
Sam Kinison, former
Pentecostal preacher turned comedian and actor, who was killed
when his 1989 Pontiac Trans Am was hit by a pickup truck driven
by a 17 year old male who was intoxicated. The accident occurs
on U.S. Route 95 several miles from the town of Needles,
California. Kinison was taken to Needles Desert Communities
Hospital were he was pronounced dead. His dead was listed as
"multiple traumatic injuries" resulting from a motor vehicle
accident.

New!
Review the official autopsy report of
Hernell "Jeep" Jackson, first team all-Western Athletic
Conference basketball player who played four season at the
University of Texas El-Paso with the Miners from 1983 to 1986.
Jackson was participating in a charity basketball game at
Fort Bliss Logan Heights Fitness Center with two other ex-Miners
and four members of the NFL’s Houston Oilers, when he collapsed
while sitting on the bench. He was taken to Beaumont Medical
Center and was pronounced dead after unsuccessful attempts to
revive him. The official cause of death is listed as "cardiac
arrest due to arrhythmia" caused by an anomaly of his coronary
artery.

New!
Review the official autopsy report of
Don Cornelius, who was a producer and television host of the
American musical variety show, Soul Train.
Cornelius hosted Soul Train for 22 years. On
February 1, 2012, Cornelius died from a self-inflicted gunshot
wound to the head.

New!
Review the official autopsy report of
Whitney Houston, Grammy Award winning singer and songwriter,
was found dead in her Beverly Hilton Hotel, room in Beverly
Hills, California. She was reportedly found in the bathtub with
her head underwater. Beverly Hills paramedics found the singer
unresponsive and performed CPR for about 20 minutes before
declaring her dead at 3:55 p.m. Police discovered "various pill
bottles" in Houston's room. The autopsy report listed "drowning"
as the official cause of death and atherosclerotic heart
disease and cocaine as contributing factors. Marijuana, cocaine,
Benadryl, Xanax, and Flexeril were found in her system. The full
autopsy report will be released in a few weeks and
Autopsyfiles.org will post it once it becomes available.

New!
Review the autopsy report of
Robert Champion Jr., a drum major in the famous "Marching
100" Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University marching
band, who died as a result of a hazing incident on a bus trip
back from an away game. The cause of his death was listed as
"hemorrhagic shock due soft tissue hemorrhage due to blunt force
trauma" resulting from beatings sustained in the hazing
incident. Champion was noted as previously healthy prior to the
incident and collapsed and died within an hour of a hazing
incident during which he suffered multiple blunt trauma blows to
his body. He complained that he was thirsty and tired
immediately after the incident and, minutes later, lost his
eyesight and suffered a cardiac arrest. At the hospital, he had
extremely low hemoglobin and hematocrit levels indicative of
bleeding; however, he showed no signs of external or internal
bleeding. Instead on autopsy examination, it was noted he had
extensive contusions of his chest, arms, shoulders, and back as
well as evidence of crushing of areas of subcutaneous fat.

New!
Review the autopsy report of
Natalie Wood, who was a outstanding actress and wife of
actor, Robert Wagner. On the evening of November 29, 1981,
Wood along with Wagner and actor, Christopher Walken, were
partying on the yacht, the Splendour,
when Wood disappeared and was later found in the ocean. Wood's
cause of death was "drowning" and was listed as an accident.
There has been controversy as to what happened on the evening of
Wood's death. November 29, 2011 marks the 30th anniversary of
her death and most recently, the captain of the Splendour,
Dennis Davern, has come forward admitting to the “Today” show that
he “lied” 30 years ago, to tell a story more compatible with one
Wagner wanted to release.

New!
Review the official second autopsy report
(French) of Canadian professional boxer,
Arturo Gatti, who died
under mysterious circumstances at his residence in Brazil in
2007. During his 16 year professional career, Gatti had a
record of 40 wins, 9 losses, and 31 wins by TKO and won two
world titles before retiring in 2007. On
July 11, 2009, Gatti was found dead in a hotel in Ipojuca,
Pernambuco, Brazil, where he was on vacation with his Brazilian
wife, Amanda Rodrigues, and son. The cause of his death appeared to
be strangulation by a purse strap. There was also a wound on the
back of his head that looked to have been caused by a kitchen
knife. The mystery deepens as it was deemed that no one but
Rodrigues could have come in or out of the apartment over the
course of the night in question. Hanging was also ruled out of
the question, due to the fact that the purse strap could not
have held the fighter’s weight in suspension. Gatti's wife was
arrested by Brazilian authorities but later released as
investigators ruled Arturo Gatti's death a suicide. The suicide
ruling was met with immediate outrage from Gatti’s friends and
family. On August 1, 2009, a second autopsy performed at the Laboratoire de sciences judiciaires et de medecine legale
in Montreal concluded that there was no “clear and hard
evidence” he was murdered. Coroner Dr. Jean Brochu was
critical of the way Brazilian police handled the initial
investigation of Gatti’s death. Review the
English Translation of the French Autopsy Report.
Review the
Private Investigator's Report of The Death of Arturo Gatti.
(48.3 MB)

New!
Review the autopsy report of
Rebecca Zahau, who was the girlfriend of
Medicis Pharmaceuticals chairman and chief executive, Jonah
Shacknai. Zahau, who was found bounded and hanging from a
balcony of the 27-room historic, waterfront mansion located in
suburban Coronado, California. The mansion is owned by Shacknai.
The official cause of death was listed as "suicide by hanging."
Also, read the autopsy report, of
Max Shacknai, who is Jonah Shacknai's son. Max had died a
week before the hanging death of Rebecca Zahau where Max had
fallen from a staircase at the same mansion in Coronado.
Ironically, Rebecca Zahau was the boy's baby sitter at the time
of his fall. Max's death was listed as an accident due to
"anoxic/ischemic encephalopathy resulting from cervical spinal
cord contusion resulting from blunt force trauma to the head and
neck." Also, view the
toxicology reports for both Rebecca Zahau and Max Shacknai.

Review the autopsy report of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who was an American clergyman,
activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil
Rights Movement who was assassinated by James Earl Ray as he
stood on the second floor balcony at the Lorraine Hotel in
Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968. In 1957, King co-founded
the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with other civil
rights activists. The group was created to harness the moral
authority and organizing power of black churches to conduct
non-violent protests in the service of civil rights reform. In
1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace
Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial
discrimination. On March 29, 1968, King was in Memphis in
support of black sanitary public works employees who were on
strike. On April 4, 1968, at approximately 6:01 p.m. as King
stood on the second floor balcony, he was shot as a bullet
ripped through his right cheek and jaw and traveled down his
spinal column and into the chest.
He was taken to nearby St. Joseph Hospital and underwent
emergency surgery; however, he succumbed to his injuries and was
pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. The official cause of death is
listed as "gunshot wound with total transection of the lower
cervical and upper thoracic spinal column" with contributing
factors including "laceration of the vertebral artery,
subclavian artery, and jugular vein." Also, review
other crime scene reports and pictures at the
Shelby County, Tennessee Register of Deeds

Review the autopsy report of the
singer and songwriter ,
Michael Jackson, who was found dead in his home on June 25,
2009. On June 25, 2009, Jackson died while in his bed at his
rented mansion at 100 North Carolwood Drive in Los Angeles,
California. Attempts at resuscitating him by Conrad Murray, his
personal physician, were unsuccessful. Los Angeles Fire
Department paramedics received a 911 call at 12:22, arriving
three minutes later at Jackson's location. He was reportedly not
breathing and CPR was performed. Resuscitation efforts continued
en route to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, and for an
hour after arriving at the hospital. He was pronounced dead at
2:26 PM local time. The autopsy report lists his official cause
of death as "acute propofol intoxication." At the time of death,
Jackson had been administered propofol, lorazepam and midazolam.
Law enforcement officials conducted a manslaughter investigation
of his personal physician, Conrad Murray. On February 8, 2010,
Murray was charged with involuntary manslaughter. Jackson was
entombed on September 3, 2009, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in
Glendale, California. Review the
autopsy photo of Michael Jackson that was released at the
trial of his personal physician, Conrad Murray.

New! Review the
autopsy report and
death certificate of
River Phoenix, an outstanding actor who starred in movies such
as
Stand By Me, Sneakers, My Own Private Idaho,
as well as in
Running on Empty,
for which his performance earned him theAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination. On
October 31, 1993, Phoenix had collapsed outside of the Hollywood
nightclub, the Viper Room, where he was to perform. He
subsequently went into convulsions, and then cardiac arrest. He
was rushed to the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where further
attempts to resuscitate Phoenix were unsuccessful. He was
pronounced dead at 1:51 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. The official
cause of death is "acute multiple drug intoxication" resulting
from cocaine and heroin ingestion. His toxicology report also
states he had diazepam, and ephedrine in his blood.
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New!
Review the autopsy/coroner's report of
Tupac Shakur,
famous American rapper, who was a member of the alternative
hip-hop group, Digital Underground, and The Outlawz. On the
night of September 7, 1996, Shakur had attended the Mike
Tyson-Bruce Seldon boxing match at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas,
Nevada. After the boxing match, there was a confrontation and
fight between Shakur and
Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson, a member of the Southside Crips.
After the confrontation, Shakur left the MGM with his entourage
headed to Club 662, now know as Seven. At
approximately 11:15 pm, a white, four-door, late-model Cadillac
with an unknown number of occupants pulled up to the right side
of the vehicle Shakur was riding, rolled down one of the
windows, and fired several gunshots at Shakur; with bullets
hitting him in the chest, pelvis, right hand and thigh. He was
taken to the University Medical Center, where he died 6 days
later of respiratory failure and cardiac arrest secondary to
internal bleeding. Shakur died at 4:03 PM Pacific Daylight Time.
Orlando Anderson was suspected in Shakur's shooting; however, he
was never charged. Ironically, on May 29, 1998, Anderson was
gunned down in a shooting in Compton, California.

New! Review the autopsy report of
Scarlett Keeling, who was a 15 year-old British teenager
from Bideford, Devon, Great Britain whose body was discovered on
February 18, 2008 on the beach at the Goa resort of Anjuna.
Scarlett was traveling with her mother to Goa on vacation. The
first autopsy listed the official cause of death as "accidental
drowning;" however, Scarlett's body had over 50 bruises and
injuries consistent with an assault. Also, an eyewitness stated
that the evening before she was found, Scarlett was last seen at
Lui's Bar in Anjuna Beach. At the time, Scarlett appeared
intoxicated and was seen leaving with two men. Scarlett's
bruised and battered body was found less than 90 minutes later.
She had been raped. One
of these men, Samson D'Souza, was a bartender at Lui's; while
the other man, Placido Carvalho, was believed to supply Scarlett
with Ecstasty and cocaine. The eyewitness, who had spoken with
Scarlett earlier in the evening, said he saw Scarlett leave the
bar at 5am with a man and five minutes later he also left the
bar and saw the man Scarlett left with drive off on his scooter.
He also stated later that "In the light of the front beam of his
scooter, I saw Samson D'Souza on top of Scarlett. I was in a
complete state of total panic, shock. I got on my bike and I
rode off." A second autopsy was performed at the request of
Scarlett's mother, Fiona MacKeown. Fiona MacKeown claimed there
was a conspiracy to cover-up the rape and murder of her
daughter. She accused the son of an Indian Minister of
involvement in the affair. She hired a local advocate, Vikram
Varma, to pursue the case, including in the world media. Samson
D'Souza and Placido Carvalho are currently on trial for
manslaughter. View the autopsy and crime scene photos,
Photo 1,
Photo 2,
Photo 3,
Photo 4,
Photo 5,
Photo 6,
Photo 7,
Photo 8,
Photo 9, and
Photo 10.

New!
Review the autopsy reports of
Christopher Byers,
Steve Branch, and
James Michael Moore, who were three friends found murdered
in a drainage canal in the Robinhood Hills neighborhood of West
Memphis, Arkansas. The
boys' bodies were mutilated and left in a ditch, hogtied with
their own shoelaces.
Three individuals,
Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley, known as
the "West Memphis Three," were convicted of killing the three 8
year-old boys. Prosecutors argued the men who were convicted,
teenagers at the time, were driven by satanic ritual and that
Echols had been the ringleader. Also, there was no evidence that
directly link the men to the murders at that time. Baldwin and
Misskelley were sentenced to life sentences; while Echols was
given the death penalty.

In a twist of justice on August 10, 2011, Damien Echols, Jason
Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley were allowed to change their plea
to "no contest" and were sentenced to 18 years and 78 days
behind bars, which is time served thus far. The men
accepted a bargain known as an "Alford
plea" in which means the
defendants acknowledge officially that the state has evidence
against them, but can continue to claim their innocence in exchange for an 18-year sentence and
credit for time served. Read the original
Chittenden County Coroner's Report

New!
Review the autopsy reports of
Emily Pimienta and
Priscilla Pimienta, who were two sisters tragically killed
in what police presume was a murder-suicide plot planned by
their parents,
Alfredo Pimienta and
Georgina Pimienta. Priscilla's body was found in the
swimming pool; Emily's body was also found in the swimming pool
and her death was attributed to "drowning." Her toxicology
studies also report she had acute intoxication from
acetaminophen,
diphenhydramine,
and trazodone. Alfredo's body was found in the
swimming pool handcuffed, weighted, and bound. Georgina's body
was found in the bathtub. Police also found
found notes written by the parents that pointed to their shared
involvement in the murder-suicide case.

New!42nd Anniversary of
Sharon Tate's Murder.
Review the autopsy report and death certificate of
Sharon Tate Polanski,
who was a talented actress who was married to actor, film
director and producer, Roman Polanski. On August 8, 1969,
Sharon and several of her friends were murdered by members of
the Charles Manson "family." The following morning, the
bodies of Tate, and her friends,
Jay Sebring,
Steven Parent,
Abigail Folger, and
Wojciech Frykowski, were found by Tate's housekeeper. Tate
was eight and a half months pregnant at the time of her death.
According to her autopsy report, Tate was stabbed 16 times. Tate
was interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City,
California, with her son, Paul Richard Polanski (named
posthumously for Polanski's and Tate's fathers), in her arms.

Review the
autopsy report of former quarterback of the Tennessee Titans and
Baltimore Ravens,
Steve McNair
, and his mistress,
Sahel Kazemi.

Review the autopsy report of
Caylee Anthony,
who was a toddler who disappeared in June 2008 and then was
subsequently found dead. Her remains were found in a forested
area close to the Anthony's house on December 11, 2008. On
December 19, 2008, Dr. Jan Garavaglia, Chief Medical Examiner of
Orange and Osceola Counties identified the remains as those of
Caylee Anthony. The death was ruled a homicide by undetermined
means. Caylee's mother, Casey, has been charged with the
first degree murder of her daughter.

Review the medical
examiner's report of
Elvis Presley,
singer and songwriter, known as "The King of Rock N' Roll," or
just "The King." Elvis was reported found unconscious in his
bathroom by his girlfriend, Ginger Alden. Elvis was transferred
to Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, where
he was pronounced dead on arrival at 3:30 PM CST. The original
cause of death was attributed to cardiac arrhythmias; however,
conspiracy theorists believe this was said to cover up the
real cause of death associated with his prescription drug use.
If you read the last page of the medical examiner's report it
states he was found in his dressing room not his bathroom. The
bathroom was the true location of Elvis's body. The full autopsy report
will be posted within the next month.

New!
Review the coroner's reports of
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow,
well-known outlaws, robbers and criminals who traveled the
Central United States with their gang during the Great
Depression. Bonnie and Clyde were ambushed and killed on May 23,
1934 on a rural road in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. The couple
appeared in daylight in an automobile and were shot by a posse
of four Texas officers, Frank Hamer, B.M. "Manny" Gault, Bob
Alcorn and Ted Hinton; and two Louisiana officers Henderson
Jordan and Prentiss Morel Oakley.

Review the autopsy report of
Lorenzen Wright,
former basketball star, who played for several NBA teams,
including the Los Angeles Clippers, Atlanta Hawks, and Memphis
Grizzlies. Wright's body was found in Southeast Memphis,
Tennessee. The manner of death was listed as a homicide from
"multiple gunshot wounds."

Review the autopsy report of
Alabama minister, ReverendGary Michael Alridge, whose bizarre
death shocked his local church. Reverend Alridge was found dead
after engaging in autoerotic fooling around that
didn't go well. He was found hog-tied and wearing two complete
wet suits, including a face mask, diving gloves and slippers,
rubberized underwear, a head mask and a dildo firmly entrenched
in his anus.

Review the autopsy report of
Nodar Kumaritiashvili, Georgian luger, who was killed in a
training run at the Whistler Sliding Centre day before the start
of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada. Also,
view the
official accident report by the International Luge
Federation as to their findings of the incident.

Review the autopsy report of
Elisa Bridges, former Playboy Playmate of the Month
for December 1994, who died of suspected "acute intoxication by
the combined effects of heroin, methamphetamine, meperidine and
alprazolam."

Review the autopsy report of
Robert Pastorelli, actor of the television series, Murphy
Brown. Pastorelli also starred in movies such as Striking
Distance and Beverly Hills Cop II. His cause of death
is listed as an accidental overdose resulting from "acute
cocaine-morphine (heroin) toxicity."

Review the autopsy report of American author,
David Foster Wallace, who committed suicide by hanging
himself after a long struggle with depression.

Review the autopsy report of
Kathy Ann Taft, member of the North
Carolina State Board of Education who was brutally murdered
while staying at her boyfriend's home in North Carolina.

Review the autopsy report of
Darrent
Williams, former cornerback of the
Denver Broncos, who was killed after being shot in the neck
sitting in his car outside a Denver, Colorado, nightclub in
2007.

Review the autopsy report of
Corey Haim, former actor who starred
in The Lost Boys and movies such as License
to Drive, who died of community acquired pneumonia,
pulmonary edema, and an enlarged heart.

Review the autopsy report of
Aja Johnson, and abductor,
Lester Hobbs. Aja Johnson apparently had her throat cut. Her
mother,
Tonya Hobbs, was found back in January brutally murdered
allegedly by her estranged husband, Lester Hobbs.

Review the
death certificate of
Timothy McVeigh, who orchestrated the
deadliest act of domestic
terrorism in American history prior to the September 11, 2001.
At 9:02 a.m. on April 19, 1995, a Ryder rental truck, containing
approximately 5,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate fertilizer,
nitromethane, and diesel fuel was detonated in front of the
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, destroying a third of the
building. As a result of the massive explosion, 168 people
were killed, including 19 children, and over 800 others were
injured. McVeigh and his accomplices, Terry Nichols and Michael
Fortier, were convicted and Timothy McVeigh was subsequently
sentenced to death and was executed by lethal injection on June
11, 2001, at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute,
Indiana.

Review the death certificate of
James Earl Ray.
On April 4, 1968, James Earl Ray
assassinated Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., outside the Lorraine
Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Ray pleaded guilty to murder
and was sentence to ninety-nine years in prison and served his
time in Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary. If he was convicted
he could have faced the death penalty by electrocution. On
April 23, 1998, James Earl Ray died of complications arising
from kidney disease and hepatitis C, which he most likely
contracted after receiving a blood transfusion.

Review the death certificate of
Freddie Mercury,
who was a talented British singer and songwriter who was the
lead vocalist for the rock band, Queen. On
November 24, 1991, Freddie Mercury died as a result of
"bronchopneumonia as a complication to AIDS."

Review the
death certificate of
Steve Jobs, who
was
the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple
Inc. Jobs was co-founder and previously served as chief
executive of Pixar Animation Studios. In 2009, Steve Jobs
underwent a liver transplant after battling a neuroendocrine
tumor of the pancreas with subsequent surgery called a Whipple
procedure. On
October 5, 2011, Steve Jobs died due to complications from relapse of his previously treated
islet-cell neuroendocrine pancreatic cancer, resulting in
respiratory arrest.

Review the death certificate of
Chris Farley, well-known actor and comedian, who starred in
the NBC television series,
Saturday Night Live,
and movies such as
Billy Madison, Coneheads,
Airheads, Tommy Boy, Wayne's World,
and Black Sheep. On December 18, 1997,
Farley was found deceased by his brother in his residence in the
John Hancock Center in Chicago. His official cause of
death was listed as an accident resulting from "opiate and
cocaine intoxication" with coronary atherosclerosis as a
contributing factor to his death.

Review the death certificate of
Kurt Cobain, lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band,
Nirvana. Cobain
was
found dead at his home in Seattle with what was officially ruled
a suicide by a self-inflicted "contact penetrating shotgun wound
to the head." Cobain was cremated and his ashes into McLane
Creek in Olympia, Washington.

Review the death
certificates of other known celebrities such as Australian
actor,
Heath Ledger,
who starred in
films such as "The Patriot," "Monster's Ball,"
"A Knight's Tale," "Brokeback Mountain,"
and "The Dark Knight."

Review the death
certificate of
Charles Bronson, was
a talented actor who starred in blockbuster movies such as
Once Upon a Time in the West, The
Magnificent Seven, The Dirty Dozen,
The Great Escape, Rider on the Rain, The Mechanic, and the popular Death Wish
series.

Review the death
certificates and police report of
Jim Morrison,
who was the
lead singer for the rock group, The Doors. Morrison is
ranked as one of the Rolling Stone's magazine "100 Greatest
Singers of All Time."
The Doors
achieved national recognition after signing with Elektra Records
in 1967. The single "Light My Fire" eventually
reached number one on the
Billboard Pop Singles chart.
Read more about Jim under the "Death
Certificates Section."

Review the death
certificate of
John Lennon,
iconic singer and songwriter and member of the The Beatles. On
December 8, 1980, as he and his wife, Yoko Ono, were walking
back to their apartment, The Dakota, located in Upper West Side
of Manhattan in New York City, John was shot in the back four
times by Mark David Chapman. John was taken to Roosevelt
Hospital and was pronounced dead at 11:07PM. The causes of his
death was listed as "multiple gunshot wounds of the left
shoulder and chest; left lung and left subclavian artery
resulting in external and internal hemorrhage and shock."

Review the death
certificate of
Al Capone,
American gangster, who was believed to have ordered the
most notorious gangland killing of the century, the 1929 Saint
Valentine's Day Massacre in the Lincoln Park neighborhood on
Chicago's North Side. Capone died at 48 years of age of cardiac
arrest after suffering a stroke.

New!
Review the death certificate of
George Harrison,
who was a
English singer and songwriter, who was the lead guitarist for
The Beatles.

Accident and
Police Reports

Review theautopsy report of
Dale
Earnhardt, Sr., 7 time Winston Cup Champion, NASCAR Driver,
who died February 18, 2001 during a last-lap crash at the 2001
Daytona 500. Cause of death was listed as a basilar skull
fracture resulting from the crash.

Review the police accident
report of
Ralph Poffo,
former professional wrestler known as Randy "Macho Man" Savage,
who was killed when he and his current wife, Barbara, were
involved in a single vehicle accident. The jeep driven by Randy
left the road and struck a tree. It was thought that Randy may
have suffered a "heart attack" before the accident occurred. The
full autopsy report will be available once published.

New!
Review the official
NTSB accident investigation report of former New York Yankee
pitcher, Cory Lidle, who was killed along with his instructor in
an airplane crash in New York City on October 11, 2006. His
Cirrus SR20, airplane, tail number N929CD, crashed into the
Belaire Apartments complex on York Ave. at E. 72nd Street on New
York City's Upper East Side, killing Cory Lidle and
co-pilot/flight instructor, Tyler Stanger. In addition to the
deaths of the two on board the airplane, 21 people were injured
as a result of the accident, about half of them New York City
firefighters. The medical examiner stated the cause of death of
Lidle and Stanger was due to "multiple blunt trauma" injuries.
Lidle post mortem toxicology test were negative. Consistent with
the November 3, 2006 preliminary report, the NTSB's May 1, 2007
final hearing determined that "pilot error" caused the plane
crash that killed Lidle and his flight instructor Tyler Stanger.
The investigation was unable to determine which person was at
the controls.

New!
Review the death certificate of singer and songwriter,
John Denver, who was killed on October 12, 1997, when his
experimental airplane crashed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast
Pacific Grove near Monterey County, California. The aircraft registration number was N555JD
and the NTSB accident ID is LAX98FA008.
His autopsy report states that he died from blunt force trauma.
It also states there was no trace of alcohol or any other drug
in his system.

Review
the NTSB aircraft accident report,
AAR-78-6, that details the events that occurred on October
20, 1977, involving the plane crash that killed Lynyrd Skynyrd
band members, Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, and
assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick. The plane was traveling
from Greenville, South Carolina to Baton Rouge, Louisiana when
it ran out of gas and crashed into a forest near Gillsburg,
Mississippi. Also, review the autopsy report of
Leon Wilkeson,
former bassist for the Southern rock band, Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Leon was found dead in his hotel room with the official cause of
death listed as an accident caused by "complications of
emphysema associated with positional asphyxia" with contributing
factors of drug intoxication and liver cirrhosis.

Review the accident investigation report
describing the events of the crash that killed IndyCar driver,
Dan Wheldon. Wheldon, who was born in Emberton, England, was
a talent and rising race car driver. He was the 2005 Indy Racing
League IndyCar Series champion in addition to winning the
Indianapolis 500 in 2005 and 2011. On October 16, 2011,
Wheldon was racing in the 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship
at the Las Vegas International Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada,
where he was involved in a fifteen care pile-up and was
tragically killed. On Lap 11, there was an initially pile-up
involving cars driven by James Hinchcliffe and Wade Cunningham.
Other vehicles eventually ended up colliding or collecting
around the original pack of vehicles. In the second
pile-up that followed, two cars were launched into the air as
they came upon the accident scene. One belonged to Will Power,
who struck the catch fence after running over Lloyd's car. The
other was Wheldon's vehicle, which was traveling at 220 miles
per hour when he came upon the scene. Although he was able to
slow his car down to 165 miles per hour, Wheldon's car was
launched into the air after running over the back of Kimball's
car. Wheldon's car was sent barrel-rolling and flying into the
catch fencing on the outside of the second turn and Wheldon's
head struck one of the fence posts. Wheldon was extracted from
the care by track medical crews, and airlifted to University
Medical Center where we was pronounced dead at 1:54 PM PDT. The
cause of death is listed as "blunt force trauma to the head" as
a result of the accident.

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for the crash involving
Ryan Dunn,
a talented actor who starred in hit movies such as Jackass,
Homewrecker, and Proving Ground. On
June 20, 2011 at approximately 3:30AM, Dunn and his friend,
Zachery Hartwell, died when the Porsche 911 GT3, driven by Dunn,
went off the road and hit a tree in West Goshen Township,
Pennsylvania. According to the investigation, Dunn's car was
estimated at traveling between 132 and 140 miles per hour before
the crash. Toxicology reports indicated that Dunn had a blood
alcohol content of 0.196%, which is more than twice the legal
limit.

Review the autopsy report and accident investigation report
involving,Diane
Schuler
.
Diane Schuler was a devoted wife and mother of two beautiful
children who was involved in a two vehicle collision on the
Taconic State Parkway near Briarcliff Manor, New York, which
killed eight people including herself. According to reports, Ms.
Schuler was driving a 2003 minivan from a campground trip and
went the wrong way on the Parkway traveling 1.7 miles in the
northbound lanes before colliding with 2002 Chevrolet Tracker
killing three men who were inside. Controversy remains on why
Ms. Schuler was traveling the wrong way on the Parkway; however,
he autopsy report shows that she had a Blood Alcohol Level of
0.19 and had THC, the main psychoactive substance found in
marijuana, in her bloodstream at the time of the accident. Her
death was the result of multiple internal and external injuries.
There were many witnesses including bystanders at the
campground, a McDonald's restaurant, and a gas station who
testified that Ms. Schuler appeared well and and did not appear
intoxicated. However, in the hours leading up to the
crash, there were reports by other drivers on the Parkway that
Ms. Schuler's vehicle was driving erratically, and tailgating
and honking it's horn at other vehicles. Ms. Schuler was also
seen on several accounts bent over at the side of the road
appearing that she was vomiting. Also, in the minutes
prior to the accident, there was a call placed to Warren Hance,
who is Diane Schuler's brother, by one of his daughters. Emma
Hance stated, “Daddy, there is something wrong with Aunt
Diane and she is having trouble seeing and she is talking funny,
she is slurring." At that time the vehicle was parked on the
side of the road just past the Tappan Zee Bridge tollbooth. Mr.
Hance called the cell phone back and told his sister to stay on
the side of the road and not to travel any further until he
arrived. Moments later, the car was spotted traveling in the
wrong direction in the passing lane on the northbound side of
the Parkway, and then subsequently collided with the other
vehicle. Killed in the crash included Ms. Schuler, her daughter,
Erin; her nieces, Emma, Alyson, and Kate Hance; and
the three gentlemen in the other vehicle, Michael Bastardi, his
son 49-year-old Guy Bastardi, and their friend, 74-year-old Dan
Longo. Diane Schuler's son, Bryan, survived the accident;
however, sustained severe injuries. It was reported that Ms.
Schuler did consume alcohol on the camping trip, but not on the
day of the accident. It was also reported that she used
marijuana. This statement was confirmed by her husband as he
told investigators that she did use marijuana occasionally. Her
sister-in-law reported that she was a heavy drinker and smoked
marijuana regularly. It was noted that Ms. Schuler had a
history of diabetes, and also suffered from an abscess shortly
before the accident; however, the autopsy
itself did not report any 'medical reason' for the crash.View the whole
story of the accident.
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Autopsy Report
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Police Report